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Chip-based droplet sorting

US8765455B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC · US
The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

Neil Reginald Beer · Pleasanton, US
Abraham P. Lee · Irvine, US
Andrew C. Hatch · Irvine, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 27, 2011
Grant date	Jul 1, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 4, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2015/1028
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A non-contact system for sorting monodisperse water-in-oil emulsion droplets in a microfluidic device based on the droplet's contents and their interaction with an applied electromagnetic field or by identification and sorting.

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